The School Election

The first gun in the short and sharp campaign that resulted in the election of Christian Mack, J. E. 3eal and Mrs. Anna Bach as school trustees on Monday was fired Friday evening ín the court room. At 8 o'clock on Friday evening the court room was well filled with citizens, the women being well represented. M. J. Lehman, of the committee appoiated last year for the purpose, called the meeting to order and M. J. Cavenaugh to the chair. His appointment was made permanent, as also that of Miss Emma Bower as secretary. The tellers appointed were Col. Henry S. Dean, John L Duffy, Mrs. Finney and John V. Sheehan. With a very neat and appropriate speech Thomas J. Kearney nominated Christian Mack as a candidate. Edward Wells followed by nominating a candidate of the laboring men, Robert Shannon. The first ballot showed 211 votes cast; necessary to a choice, 106. They were: Colonel Henry S. Dean, i; M.J. Cavanaugh, i; Dr. C. S. Darling, i; Daniel Hiscock, i; Mrs. Anna Bach, 2; Robert Shannon, 73; Christian Mack, 132. Mr. Mack was declared elected. Edward Wells then nominated Robert Shannon. John V. Sheehan presented the name of Dr. D. Zimmermann as one of the large taxpayers. This gave rise to some sharp remarks by D. Cramer that what was wanted was brains, not means. Patrick McKernan presented the name of William G. Doty, and Mrs. Israel Hall the name of Mrs. Anna Bach. There were 214 votes cast; 108 necessary to a choice. They wei e s follows: W. W. Watts, 1; blank, ; Col. Henry S. Dean, 3; William G. Doty, 18; Dr. D. Zimmermann, [9; Mrs. Anna Bach, 69; Robert Shannon, 78. There being no choice, another ballot was taken. Whole number of votes cast, 204; necessary to a choice, 103. They were as follows: Dr. D. Zimmermann, 21; Mrs. Anna Bach, 61; Robert Shannon, 99; Judge Noah Cheever, 1; J. E. Beal, 4; William G. Doty, 10. A third ballot was ordered. O. E. Butterfield withdrew the name of Mrs. Bach in favor of Robert Shannon. The whole number of votes cast was 183; necessary to a choice, 92. The result was: Mrs. Bach, 48; Dr. Zimmermann, 29; Robert Shannon, 95; George Shannon, 1; D. Cramer, 1; T 17. Rooi , W a. nntv. e hlank. 2. Robert Shannon was declared nominated. Nominations for the third trustee were now in order. O. F.. Butter.11 ii page). The School Election. (Con inued from flrat page) field nominated Mrs. Anna Bach. Hon. Chas. H. Manly said he had hoped to see a different result than the nominations made so far. He said the fifth ward had been originally the backbone of the city, and had come into the city with all its improvements paid for. This ward was not represented on the board. He would name a gentleman not loaded with wealth, but one who would do credit to the city, a gradúate of the hight school. It was Spencer D. Lennon. Ed. Wells, in behalf of the friends of Mr. Shan non, endorsed the uominaüon of Mrs. Bach. At this juncture M. J. Lehman sprung to his feet and declared that evidently a deal was on hand and he feit ashamed of it. Mr. Manly withdrew the name of Spenser D. Lennon in favor of Mrs. Bach. This caused a general rout of all opposition and Robert Phillips withdrew the name of Dr. D. Zim merman in favor of Mrs. Bach and she was made the unanimous third nominee of the convention. The committee appointed to cali the convention for next year appointed was M. J. Lehman, Hon. Chas. H. Manly and Col. Henry S. Dean. It was believed that another convention was called for Saturday evening but only eight men responded and they came out of curiosity to see what would be done. The pot was boiling over Sunday and on Monday morning four tickets appeared with the following names in various combinations; Christian Mack, J. E. Beai and Mrs. Anna Bach, W. W. Whedon and Robert Shannon. On Monday the election was held in Firemans hall. A moderate vote coming out, as there were only 686 ballots cast, with the following result, Christian Mack 587, J. E. Beal 485, Anna Bach 457, W. W. Whedon 227, Robert Shannon 201, and six scattering. The study of the election is interesting. The way the women voted showed that they were not guided by ordinary political ethetics. Mrs. Bach would not have received the nomination in the caucus if it had not been for Air. Shannon's friends, but this fact did not hinder them from throwing Mr. Shannon over board. Many funny scènes transpired about the ballot boxes. One woman rushed up to vote and when asked for her ticket said "Really a came away from home in such I hurry, that I did not bring any." One woman was pounced upon by three others and asked how she voted, Upon saying that she took a ticket from a nice looking man, she received a repremand that she will not soon forget. Some women were so annoyed at being refused a vote because not being on the assessment rolls or having children of the required school age, that they determined upon seeing the assessor and being put on the rolls. After the vote was announced the regular school meeting was adjourned lo the court room. The annual report was passed around. It showed the expenditures for the years 94 - 95 to be $47,242.77. The estímate for the coming year is $47,925 with estimated receipts $18,337,86 the difference being voted to be raised. Then followed a long discussion on the question of raising $6,000.00 for the purpose of putting in two boilers at the High school and put up a janitors residence at the fourth ward school. The $30,000 asked for by the board to meet current expenses was cheerfully voted but the taxpayers began talking economy, some of them belaboring the common council over the heads of the school board. The right to bond for $6,000 for the boiler house and janitors residence met with some opposition. The janitor's house was striken out and the amount of the bonds cut to $4,000, which was then unanimously voted. A resolution was adopted requesting the board to practice economy. The attendance at this meeting was the largest in years. On motion of Mr. Cavanaugh, the hours of election next year were fixed from 9 o'clock until 3, with the business meeting to be held in the court house as soon as the votes were counted.